But Enrico Chiesa’s son won’t come cheap. Despite genetic and environmental factors suggesting that it should, it’s not often the talents of professional footballers transcend the generational gap. There will occasionally be a Paolo Maldini or a Frank Lampard Jr or a Youri Djorkaeff, but generally speaking, sons rarely live up to the careers of prolific footballing fathers.
We’re living in a bit of a peculiar time, then, because the international football scene is seemingly overflowing with the talented offspring of historic footballers breaking through the ranks. Justin Kluivert is moving to Roma for an upsetting €18m, Timothy Weah made his debut for PSG this season, while Giovanni Simeone has already established himself as a Serie A starter for Fiorentina.
Elsewhere in Florence, we ...